Getting Around
Exploring Transportation History
H.Roger Grant(Author)
Krieger Publishing Company
Published on 30. November 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
202 pages
978-1-57524-225-5 (ISBN)
Description
Getting Around explores how students of local transportation history might learn about this vital aspect of their community's past. The scope covers all major types of public transportation, including waterways, canals, railroads, electric interurbans, roads and aviation. This work also provides readers with a sense of the importance and interrelationship between transport forms in both a national and local context. Many period photographs are included.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne, FL
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
photographs, index
ISBN-13
978-1-57524-225-5 (9781575242255)
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Content
Editors' Introduction; Introduction; Chapter 1: Natural Waterways; Chapter 2: Roads; Chapter 3: Canals; Chapter 4: Railroads; Chapter 5: Electric Interurbans; Chapter 6: Urban Transit; Chapter 7: Aviation; Chapter 8: Using Local Transportation History; Appendix I Single Road Railroad Historical Societies; Appendix II Transit Museums; Index